This is the fifth video in the CIO Council IT Symposium series. It gives an overview of basic Agile acquisition, an iterative and flexible approach to the acquisition process.

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This is the fifth video in the CIO Council IT Symposium series. It gives an overview of basic Agile acquisition, an iterative and flexible approach to the acquisition process.

The Federal Chief Information Officers Council held an IT Symposium at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on June 15-16, 2015. As underscored by the recent enactment of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), acquisition plays a significant and important role in IT excellence, and an entire track was dedicated to this subject matter. IT and acquisition professionals participated in sessions around topics such as agile acquisition, integrated teaming, and the category management approach in procurement.

"In accordance with the OFPP Administrator's general delegation authority under the OFPP Act (41 U.S.C § 1122(c)(2)), and with the consent of the Acting Administrator of General Services, the OFPP Administrator is hereby delegating to the Administrator of General Services (hereinafter also GSA Administrator) the responsibility for managing the daily operations of FAI and for supporting FAI's resource management responsibilities." - OFPP and GSA Service Level Agreement (March 30, 2013)